The Supreme Court is reinstating a regulation aimed at reining in the proliferation of ghost guns, firearms without serial numbers that have been turning up at crime scenes across the nation in increasing numbers.

    • _haha_oh_wow_
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      3211 months ago

      People were making their own firearms for over a century before 3D printers were a thing, just saying.

      • Buelldozer
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        711 months ago

        You can build a basic firearm, even some semi-automatics, simply by going to hardware store.

      • @[email protected]
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        311 months ago

        But it used to take skill, and lots of expensive equipment. Now anyone can do it for not very much money.

        • _haha_oh_wow_
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          611 months ago

          Depends on what you make, any idiot can build a pipegun and a lot of those “simple” 3D printed guns actually take some skill to put together. Never mind the skill to build, maintain, and sucessfully use a 3D printer.

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          211 months ago

          It still takes a lot of time and effort for something that would underperform something kludged together from hardware store parts. The only real benefit of printing it is that it won’t set off a metal detector

          • _haha_oh_wow_
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            611 months ago

            The bullets you have to use to fire one will 100% set off a metal detector though, never mind that these devices themselves are terrible, often unreliable, and potentially dangerous to the user.

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              211 months ago

              Yep, though it would probably be easier to smuggle bullets around a metal detector than a gun. Though honestly it would probably be easier to kill someone by hand. I told a friend about how I’ve printing as a hobby and his first question was “can you print me a gun?” Bruh

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                11 months ago

                Print him a rubber band gun lol, they’re relatively easy to print. I think there are some nerf dart gun designs out there too.

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                  Oh yeah diy nerf guns have come so far, they’re really crazy. I really want to design a low power rubber band powered single shot pistol, something you could print and build without a trip to the hardware store.

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                    There are a bunch of 100% printable designs and remixes for rubber band guns, some of them are very cool. You should check them out for inspiration!